Marlins’ Luzardo tops players for Sunday, July 23, rising to 2nd in player rankings

Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

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Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings and taking the 2023 Box-Toppers points lead among National League pitchers.

Luzardo struck out 13 over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and two walks, in the 3-2, 10-inning win over the Rockies. Luzardo did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Rockies tied the game after he exited.

Luzardo earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 13.1 for the season, rising from sixth to second in season player rankings, trailing only Shohei Ohtani of the Angels (13.9). Luzardo rises to lead NL pitchers, passing previous leader Spencer Strider of the Braves (12.7).

American League Player of the Day

Anthony Rizzo of the Yankees homered, doubled and went 4-for-4, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 8-5 win over the Royals.

Rizzo earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 6.4 for the season, seventh among AL batters.

American League Player of the Day is Anthony Rizzo of the Yankees.

National League Batter of the Day

Christian Encarnacion-Strand of the Reds went 2-for-3, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 7-3 win over the Diamondbacks.

This was Encarnacion-Strand’s Box-Toppers debut, his first career Player of the Game honor. Encarnacion-Strand made his Major League debut July 17 and was playing in his seventh career game.

National League Batter of the Day is Christian Encarnacion-Strand of the Reds.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2023. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Sunday, July 23.

Player Pos Team BTP
1 Ohtani, Shohei 3933 dh pi sp ana al 13.9
2 Luzardo, Jesus 4282 pi sp fla nl 13.1
3 Strider, Spencer 4626 pi sp atl nl 12.7
4 Bassitt, Chris 3413 pi sp tor al 12.4
5 Gausman, Kevin 3191 pi sp tor al 12.0
6 Burnes, Corbin 4029 pi sp mil nl 11.7
7 Bautista, Felix 4668 pi cp bal al 11.0
8 Gallen, Zac 4171 pi sp ari nl 10.7
9 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp nym nl 10.4
10 Miller, Bryce 4797 pi sp sea al 10.4
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American League Batter of the Day

There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Sunday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Anthony Rizzo.

Scoring

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  • Luzardo earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.

  • Rizzo earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.

  • Encarnacion-Strand earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day.

  • All of Sunday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

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Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.

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Box‑Toppers Player of the Game winners

Here is the top player from each of the day’s games listed from highest to lowest Box‑Toppers game score (BTG).

7/23 BTG Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB +12.0 `MIA 3, COL 2 (F/10) Jesus Luzardo ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 4 1 1 2 13
+7.0 WSH 6, SF 1 MacKenzie Gore (W, 6‑7) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 5.0 4 0 0 2 8
AL +5.0 NYY 8, KC 5 Anthony Rizzo 1B 4 3 4 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+4.0 ATL 4, MIL 2 Raisel Iglesias (S, 18) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
+3.0 DET 3, SD 1 Alex Faedo (W, 2‑4) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 1 0 0 4 2
+3.0 HOU 3, OAK 2 Bryan Abreu (S, 3) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
+2.2 BAL 5, TB 3 Mike Baumann (W, 7‑0) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 2.2 0 0 0 2 2
+2.0 LAA 7, PIT 5 Luis Rengifo 2B 4 2 2 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
BAT +2.0 CIN 7, ARI 3 Christian Encarnacion‑Strand DH 3 1 2 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+2.0 CHC 7, STL 2 Cody Bellinger CF 3 1 1 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+2.0 MIN 5, CHW 4 (F/12) Kyle Farmer PH‑3B 1 1 1 1 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+2.0 `PHI 8, CLE 5 (F/10) Aaron Nola ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 6 3 3 0 7
+1.0 BOS 6, NYM 1 Adam Duvall RF 4 1 2 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+1.0 TEX 8, LAD 4 Brad Miller DH 3 2 2 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+1.0 TOR 4, SEA 3 Santiago Espinal PH‑2B 1 0 1 1 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
MLB—Overall Box‑Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box‑Toppers points.
AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box‑Toppers points.
NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box‑Toppers points.
BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box‑Toppers points.
All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box‑Toppers point.
` Pitcher had a no‑decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s Player of the Game winners

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2023 (’23). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’22-23), the period 2018-2023 (’18-23) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2023 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2022 total (+/-).
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Player of the Game Pos Team ’23 ’22‑23 ’18‑23 Career +/‑
Luzardo, Jesus 4282 pi sp fla nl 13.1 17.1 29.2 29.2 +9.1
Nola, Aaron 3569 pi sp phi nl 8.0 24.0 73.2 97.7 -8.0
Rengifo, Luis 4178 2b ana al 7.0 9.5 10.5 10.5 +4.5
Rizzo, Anthony 3063 1b nyy al 6.4 10.4 27.9 70.4 +2.4
Gore, MacKenzie 4582 pi sp dc nl 5.0 9.7 9.7 9.7 +0.3
Abreu, Bryan 4663 pi mr cp hou al 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 +3.0
Duvall, Adam 3573 cf rf bos al 3.7 7.2 24.7 37.2 +0.2
Farmer, Kyle 4003 3b 2b ph min al 3.5 7.0 9.5 9.5 0.0
Faedo, Alex 4612 pi sp det al 3.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 +1.0
Iglesias, Raisel 3467 pi cp atl nl 3.0 4.0 20.0 31.7 +2.0
Bellinger, Cody 3781 cf chi nl 2.5 4.5 18.4 27.1 +0.5
Baumann, Mike 4572 pi mr bal al 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 +1.0
Encarnacion-Strand, Christian 4883 dh cin nl 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 +1.5
Miller, Brad 3227 dh rf lf 3b tex al 1.0 3.5 13.0 17.0 -1.5
Espinal, Santiago 4646 2b ph tor al 1.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 -0.5
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A Box-Toppers look at Monday’s pitching matchups

A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2023 (’23), over a two-year period (’22-23), over a six-year period (’18-23) and their career point total.
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Game Starter ’23 ’22‑23 ’18‑23 Career
SF Stripling, Ross 3629 1.0 13.0 33.4 39.1
DET Skubal, Tarik 4414 0.0 10.7 19.4 19.4
BAL Kremer, Dean 4330 5.7 13.4 17.1 17.1
PHI Sanchez, Cristopher 4850 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
COL Undecided 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
WSH Corbin, Patrick 3027 4.4 8.4 47.5 89.7
KC Yarbrough, Ryan 3962 1.0 3.0 35.1 35.1
CLE Allen, Logan T. 4789 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7
SEA Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 6.4 16.4 52.8 61.2
MIN Maeda, Kenta 3609 4.7 4.7 38.2 58.2
CIN Ashcraft, Graham 4645 2.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
MIL Rea, Colin 3582 3.0 3.0 3.0 6.7
TEX Gray, Jon 3634 4.7 10.7 38.4 50.1
HOU Bielak, Brandon 4297 4.0 4.0 8.0 8.0
STL Wainwright, Adam 2150 0.0 10.0 34.8 152.3
ARI Nelson, Ryne 4728 6.7 8.4 8.4 8.4
PIT Priester, Quinn* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SD Darvish, Yu 3003 5.0 21.8 60.4 129.0
TOR Berrios, Jose 3791 7.4 16.4 57.3 66.3
LAD Grove, Michael 4774 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Starters subject to change.
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